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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ABRAM WOOD, OF CAMDEN, NEW YORK.

WASHING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, ABRAM WOOD, of Camden, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Washing-Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the annexed drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention, consists in constructing and arranging the rubbers, and other parts of washing machines in such a manner as to perform their oiiices more effectually, and at the same time to so connect the various parts, as to make such machines more convenient and portable;

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I proceed to describe its construction and operation.

Figure l, of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view of my machine. A, is a stand or bench, upon which rests the tub B. On the top of this bench, and directly under the tub there is secured a circular piece of board, which exactly lits within the chime of the tub on the bott-om and therefore holds it in its place. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the bench A, and the tub B, (Fig. 1,) showing the manner in which this circular piece of board g, (Fig. 3) fits within the chime 7', r, of the tub and thus holds it firmly in its place. C, is a revolving disk fitted to turn within the tub, and under which the clothes to be washed are placed. D, is a double crank, which is connected to the aforesaid disk, by the shaft or axle E, so that when the crank is turned a corresponding motion will be given to the disk. The board F, through which the axle passes, is hung upon the hinges G, Gr, and as the axle passes loosely through the orifice at H, the disk C may be first pulled up snug against the board F, and then raised out of the tub, the whole being turned over on the hinges, and resting upon the top of the standard I. Fig. 2, represents a face view of the revolving disk C, (Fig. l) as it would appear when thus turned up, and exhibits the peculiar shape of the rubbers thereon. The bottom of the tub on the upper side is also provided with rubbers of precisely similar shape with the exception of the ones marked which are wanting on the bottom of the tub.

The clothes to be washed being put into the suds in the tub B, if either a revolving or a gyrating motion be given to the disk C (Fig. 1,) by means of the crank D, the rub- 18,067, dated August 25, 1857.

bers on the disk and on the bottom of the tub, are formed and arranged in the proper manner, to wash and rub out the dirt from the clothes in the neatest and most expeditious manner.

This machine has also a decided advantage in its portability and convenience. Since the board F, cannot be raised without first drawing up the disk snug against it, when it is shut down as the machine is in use, both the bench and tub may be handled as one article. By taking hold of the handle J, and a similar one on the other side of the tub, the whole machine, tub, bench and all the apparatus may be taken up and carried together.

Where the shaft E, passes the orifice H, there is a double bearing; that is there is a bearing at the entrance, and another at the exitof this orifice with a vacancy between the two. This is done to reduce the friction, and at the same time to hold the shaft more steadily in an upright position.

It will be seen on a reference to the drawing (Fig. 2) that the rubbers a, and l), occupy dissimilar positions on the face of the disk, and they are the same on the bottom of the tub. The rubbers a extend out nearly to the circumference of the disk, while the rubbers l), are drawn nearer to the center. This variety of position brings the knobs c, to act upon each other more advantageously when the machine is in use; the knobs c, in the operation of washing, operate in their contact with the clothes between as so many pounders, while the scraper, marked m, press and squeeze the clothes, as they pass over the surface. These latter agents on the straight side y, are hollowed out somewhat so as to form an edge for scraping the clothes as they pass, and also to turn the clothes over as they pass.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The hinging of the board F at Gr, Gr, so that the disk O, and its shaft may be conveniently raised out of the tub, and thrown back, while the clothes are handled, and again conveniently let down for the operation, and by which arrangement the whole machine including the bench, may be lifted and moved from place to place as described, the whole being arranged and combined substantially in the manner herein set forth.

ABRAM WOOD. lVitnesses:

WM. DENT,

'CHARLES OAKLEY. 

